Jose Abreu

QUOTE (LDF @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 04:48 PM) i don't understand??? The Sox apparently had a deal in place to trade for Cabrera 7-8 years ago (whichever offseason he was traded). Guillen blabbed about it before it happened. Detroit heard this, and offered the Marlins a better package for him, which they accepted.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 04:47 PM) Lol, all things considered I would swap Avisail for Trout Come on, you gotta sweeten that up a bit... that's not at all realistic. Garcia for Trout, Calhoun, Richards, and Heaney.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 04:15 PM) Hector Noesi just signed to pitch in Korea for $1.7 million making him the second highest paid foreign player (someone is making $1.8). So Hector Noesi, who can't get a starting job in MLB, is arguably now the best pitcher in the Korean league. Hwang's career-year .870 OPS is simply not good. Planning for him to be the everyday 3rd baseman would be very bad and dumb. People shouldn't be rooting for that. I don't think that contract makes Noesi the best SP in the Korean league... that's like saying Ryan Howard is one of the best 1B, Chris Sale is only worth $6 million a year, etc.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 01:44 PM) The difference since TeamGuillen left town is amazing. And for good reason... I mean, Miguel Cabrera would be our 1B/DH without Guillen...

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 04:38 PM) Father Time is undefeated Well, he has one loss. Tim Duncan

Don't forget the fact that he's 37... he may decline

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 11:04 AM) Would he go to Dallas? Pachulia, Justin Anderson, and a 1st rounder. There I just traded Pau. Damn, Pachulia is still in the league?

GET THIS OUT OF PHT!!! Oh, wait!

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 10:34 AM) Not if the guy actually hits for power like they are supposed to. I like High K/High BB players that hit a s***load of homers. The problem is LaRoche doesn't do that and Dunn didn't hit enough homers to justify it. I'd absolutely rather have Alvarez or Carter than LaRoche because I'm fairly confident that the latter 2 will actually hit the ball out of the ballpark. Were Dunn's 75 HRs from 2012-2013 not enough?

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 08:56 AM) The Sox haven't announced the deal yet and probably won't until he passes a physical. If* he passes it... recently more players have been failing them. Still rare, but a possibility.

Still haven't gotten tired of NHL 16.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 08:07 AM) I would be ok with that if they took a bad contract back. John Danks anyone? Now that I think of it, John Danks could actually be an ok pitcher in the NL.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Dec 3, 2015 -> 03:03 PM) But he only caught 37 games last year. Avila caught 43. The concern is they are both coming off limited seasons behind the plate. Well, Navarro was kinda stuck behind Russell Martin...

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Dec 3, 2015 -> 02:13 PM) I voted for the Korean name, but is that the right guy? I think it might be Jae-gyun Hwang.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 3, 2015 -> 02:10 PM) I want a reason to buy mlb.com again. My team has replaced Flowers/Soto with Avila/Navarro. To me, a reasonable consumer, that is a very very bad tradeoff. Yuck. Tell me the truth people. Would you rather have Flowers/Soto or Soto/Flowers than these two newcomers? Navarro/Avila is statistically a better platoon than Flowers/Soto... You do know that catching is the weakest position in baseball, right? There are really only a handful of all-star level catchers.

QUOTE (Special K @ Dec 3, 2015 -> 02:07 PM) Yunel Escobar is also reportedly on the block. Not sure what we could get him for, but Nats do need pitching. Would EJ + low-level prospects do it? He's got a team option next year at $7 million. Not too bad of a contract. He's good, but I think he's better defensively at SS than 3B. Maybe we could switch him back to SS.

Justin Turner?! I wish.

Sanchez can be an elite defensive second baseman, but his bat has more potential than people here seem to think. He has shown flashes of being a decent contact hitter.

Let's see if Robin uses this platoon correctly, by the way.

QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 3, 2015 -> 09:05 AM) The roster July 10, 2013: Lineup- De Aza, Ramirez, Rios, Dunn, Keppinger, Gillaspie, Viciedo, Beckham, Flowers Bench- Morel, Tekotte, Phegley, Wells Rotation-Sale, Axelrod, Quintana, Santiago, Danks Bullpen- Lindstrom, Thornton, Troncoso, Purcey, Castro, Jones, Reed DL- Konerko, Floyd, Peavy, Crain I'll give the Sox credit for turning over the roster in a short amount of time, but until they actually convert that to playoff appearances (or A playoff appearance), it really doesn't matter. Wow, I completely forgot about Blake Tekotte and Casper Wells.

QUOTE (Special K @ Dec 3, 2015 -> 08:46 AM) But from the article, it sounds like he gets on base on a ton and never strikes out. Would slot very well in the number 2 hole, wouldn't cost a draft pick, and fill a void at 2b. Could stick Melky down in the lineup at 6 or 7. This makes too much sense. Hopefully Abreu is recruiting. Probably too busy honeymooning

The Bears are gonna have a ton of cap space, right? I'm really excited for the offseason. Von Miller could be a target.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Dec 3, 2015 -> 08:34 AM) He's dropped so many balls this year. Dwayne Allen is a FA next year, I think Bears would go after him. Who needs Dwayne Allen when you have Zach Miller?